Step Sis With Braces

Nihara decides to start her life anew in Berlin, determined to overcome the betrayal she experienced shortly before her wedding. With a strong focus on her career, she seeks professional success and intends to avoid any emotional entanglements. However, fate has other plans when Nihara meets Tobias Bernstorf, a charming and friendly man who awakens deep feelings within her. Despite her resistance, true love seems destined to bring their paths together. Yet, the scars of the past threaten their future. Will Nihara find the courage to allow this new love to heal her wounds and lead her to a fulfilling and passionate life?

For years, I’ve shut off my emotions, too scared to bare my heart to someone else. Because the last female I trusted, broke it into pieces and scattered it around for me to pick it up. Work is the only thing that kept my head sane. That is until she walked in. She was no longer a shy teenager, but a beautiful and confident woman. I should’ve known resisting her was impossible. But, it happened too quickly for me to comprehend. Arianna Swanson lights my dark world with a simple smile. I see her and I see hope. My heart doesn’t hurt when I’m around her. But she is off-limits. My cousin's best friend. I should’ve stayed away because she deserved better. I tried and succeeded until one day, her lips whispered my name. I’m not the man she needed while nursing a broken heart, but I am drawn to her like a moth to the flame. Then, I caught the web of deception around her and that brings out my protective instincts at full force. And I realize I’m exactly the man she needs now. This is a standalone HEA romance novel with no cliff-hangers

One night was supposed to mean nothing… until it suddenly meant everything. After a betrayal that leaves her world in pieces, Nora Vaughn makes one reckless choice—to lose herself in the arms of a stranger. No names. No expectations. Just escape. But when she walks into her new job days later, she comes face-to-face with the man from that night. Only now, he’s not just a stranger, he’s her new boss. And he’s acting like he doesn’t even know her. Was she just forgettable… or is he pretending for a reason?

When Jennifer Kingsley agrees to be her best friend Adrian Lawrence's real girlfriend, she's been waiting two weeks to be quick. But when Adrian enters control, Jennifer sees all her control and disappearing. Pierre is nothing like his sweet brother at first. He is demanding and strict. He gets what he wants, and when he decides he wants Jenny, things aren't as easy as comparables. Will Jennifer give in to his seduction techniques or will she walk away unscathed in two weeks? What would you do if the person you confessed your love to doesn't reciprocate? You go into depression or denial. When Pierre categorically tells Jennifer that he doesn't believe in love, she is broken. But when you have an awesome best friend, an even more possessive Pierre than before, and determination, Jennifer knows she can have whatever she wants from Pierre. But she can only achieve this in one way. Seducing him.

"He is Sinister... A formidable villain in every story. His name alone is enough to send most people running. He is the king of darkness. But beneath this darkness, I could see a glimpse of ray, that ray I think was enough to eliminate the darkness in him, and it was my anchor of hope and solace." ~~~~~~~ Born into a family where no one likes you, everything evil could be thrown at you. Karla was forced into taking the place of her sister, as the mate of a ruthless alpha, the most dreaded Alpha in all the wolves' world. The Alpha, she just watch killed someone cold-blooded. Running away was her only option, but her plans failed when she wasn't able to get to the place her supposed friend, Shadow, the one she met on an app was to get her before her father got her back. She had no choice but to face the destiny forced upon her. Trapped in the mask of her sister and becomes the mate of the Alpha, she dreaded all her life. What will happen when she meets the king of darkness, the one she had four rules against: Never kiss him!!! Never reveal your face to him!!! Never fall in love with him and never reveal our plans to him!!!

Isang mabigat na desisyon ang ginawa ni Adrianna, nang magpasya siyang iwanan ang nobyong si Mando sa probinsiya para sa ambisyon at kagustuhang umahon sa hirap. Ngunit pagdating niya sa Manila, ibang trabaho pala ang sasalubong sa kaniya. Akala niya'y magiging katulong siya ngunit sa isang maingay na lugar siya dinala, pinagsuot ng manipis na tela, na halos makita na ang kaluluwa niya. Wala siyang choice, hindi rin niya alam kung paano pa makakaalis sa lugar na iyon. Subalit isang lalaki ang nagligtas sa kaniya mula sa kamay ng isang Japanese customer na gusto siyang bilhin kapalit ng kaniyang pagkababae. Si Armani. Dinala siya nito sa malaking bahay at inoperan ng trabaho roon. Ngunit mas nagulat siya ng alukin siya nitong maging asawa nito. Mayaman ito at alam niyang kaya nitong ibigay ang lahat ng gusto niya. Noong una'y tumutol siya dahil sa agwat ng kanilang edad pero dahil sa ambisyon at kagustuhang umahon sa hirap, pumayag siya. Ibinigay ni Armani lahat ng gusto niya, pera, magagarang kasuotan, mamahaling alahas, lahat nakuha niya dahil dito. Naging masaya si Adrianna, hindi dahil mahal niya ito kung 'di dahil sa yaman at karangyaang natatamasa niya. Ngunit sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana ng biglang mag-cross ang landas nila ni Mando at ang nakakabaliw pa, ipinakilala ito ni Armani bilang anak nito. Nagulo ang mundo niya. Sa pagbabalik ba ni Mando ay muling babalik ang nararamdaman niya rito o sa loob ng limang taon, natutunan niyang mahalin ang ama nito na si Armani? Ngunit paano kung tila ipinapaalala sa kaniya ni Mando ang pag-ibig na mayroon ito para sa kaniya? Kung paano niya ito minahal.

Pada tahun keempat pernikahan dengan Rocky Riyandi, Luna Gozali hamil. Dia membawa dokumen pernikahan ke rumah sakit untuk membuat catatan kehamilan, tapi saat verifikasi data, perawat memberitahunya bahwa akta nikahnya palsu. Luna terkejut dan bertanya, “Palsu? Mana mungkin?” Perawat menunjuk cap di atasnya, “Lihat, stempelnya miring dan nomor serinya juga salah.” Luna tidak menyerah. Dia segera pergi ke kantor catatan sipil untuk memastikan, tapi jawabannya tetap sama. “Pak Rocky sudah menikah, nama pasangan sahnya adalah Paula Gozali….” Paula Gozali? Seperti disambar petir, otak Luna seketika menjadi kosong! Paula adalah kakak tirinya dan juga cinta pertamanya Rocky. Dulu, demi mengejar mimpinya, kakaknya memilih pergi keluar negeri untuk melanjutkan studi. Dia kabur di hari pernikahan dan tega meninggalkan Rocky begitu saja. Namun sekarang, malah dia yang tercatat sebagai istri sah Rocky!

Hermione Windsor was supposed to be a bride until she discovered her fiancé’s betrayal on the night before their wedding. With her future on the line and her father’s arranged marriage looming, Hermione accepts the only escape offered to her: marriage to Rhys Huxley, the man she has hated since high school after an incident. Cold. Ruthless. A billionaire who believes she once ruined his life and betrayed his trust. Their marriage is not a contract. There are no conditions. No escape. To Rhys, marrying Hermione is punishment. To Hermione, it is survival. But as resentment turns to desire and buried truths begin to surface, Hermuone realizes the most dangerous thing about her husband isn't his power, it’s the feelings he never meant to have. When love begins as spite, can it survive the truth?

Moving to Washington from Texas to live with her mother's new family, which includes a stepfather and seven stepbrothers, Katherine braces herself for building walls and embracing isolation. But she doesn’t expect to run into the man she had a one-night stand with just a few days ago in Texas, and he is one of her stepbrothers. Trying to resist his charm, she finds that one look from him sends her heart racing. However, he’s not the only one with that effect on her—each of her seven stepbrothers begins to show interest in her, and she can’t help but feel drawn to all of them. Can she survive in a house with her seven deadly stepbrothers?

When seventeen-year-old Willow Hayes moves into the remote Thorne mansion with her mother's new husband, she expects awkwardness - not a supernatural war for survival. Her stepbrother, Kael Thorne, is the arrogant king of Crestwood High and heir to a secret werewolf Pack. But when their eyes meet, an ancient Mate Bond snaps into place, marking Willow as the one person who can prevent Kael from succumbing to the deadly Feral Shift - a state of uncontrolled rage that means death. The problem? Kael's father, Alpha Marcus Thorne, sees Willow's humanity as a fatal weakness that endangers the entire Pack. His rival, the brutal Darek Ironfang, sees her as the perfect weapon to destroy Kael's claim to leadership. And Sierra, Kael's scorned ex-girlfriend, will stop at nothing to expose their forbidden connection. Caught between werewolf politics and deadly Pack law, Willow must transform from invisible high school student to strategic mastermind. As Kael faces three brutal Trials to claim the Alpha title - the Blood Hunt, the Leadership Rite, and the Ritual of Dominance - Willow becomes his secret weapon: the Obsidian Anchor, using their psychic bond to control his Feral instincts from afar. But the bond demands a terrible price. Each time Willow stabilizes Kael's wolf, she risks fragmenting her own mind. When betrayal strikes from within and enemies attack from without, Willow must make an impossible choice: save herself, or save the wolf who has become her entire world. In a final, devastating confrontation, Kael faces the Feral Shift in front of the entire Pack. Only Willow's unprecedented psychic command - and her willingness to sacrifice everything - can pull him back from the brink. Together, they forge a revolutionary new law: the Alpha's power is incomplete without the Mate's wisdom.